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11 July 2010 – This year, some 60 countries are collecting data and counting people as part of the 2010 census process. 26 June 2010 – As we prepare for this September’s United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals, we must recognize the major impediment to development posed by drug abuse and illicit trafficking. As this year’s theme stresses, it is time to “Think Health, Not Drugs”. 26 June 2010 – Torture is a crime under international law. The prohibition of torture is absolute and unambiguous. UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 23 June 2010 – Updated data on mortality rates among mothers and young children are likely to encourage G8 leaders, who at their meeting later this week will make this health issue – long considered a neglected area of international development efforts – a 2010 priority.
23 June 2010 – On the annual observance of Public Service Day, we pay tribute to public servants everywhere who have improved the lives of others in their communities. Ashgabat, 22 June 2010 – The high-level delegation of the European Union visited the UN House in Ashgabat on June 17 to get acquainted with the UN experience of work in the sphere of human rights in Turkmenistan. 20 June 2010 – On this observance of World Refugee Day, we must note a troubling trend: the decline in the number of refugees who are able to go home. |
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UNICEF organizes the first training on child-friendly schools concept in pedagogical institute |
UNICEF organizes the first training on child-friendly schools concept in Pedagogical Institute  Ashgabat, 11 May 2009 – UNICEF and the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan have completed four day training for professors and students at the Turkmen State Pedagogical Institute on a child-friendly learning environment concept and its relevance to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as on life skills based education.
The major focus of the training was an introduction to interactive methods of teaching in child-friendly schools that take into account active learning and participation of children themselves. Child-friendly schools promote five core elements, such as inclusiveness and gender-sensitivity; effectiveness for learning; safety and health of children; care and protection; and involvement of parents, families and communities in learning activities of their children and tracking their progress. “It is the first time UNICEF and the Ministry of Education have organized training on child-friendly school initiative and life-skills based education for Pedagogical Institute faculty and students and we hope that UNICEF will collaborate with partners on training future teachers who play an important role in creating the child-friendly environment for children,” said Abdul Alim, UNICEF Representative, a.i in Turkmenistan. Training participants were encouraged to think of expanding child-friendly learning initiative throughout the country schools and incorporate life skills based education into curriculum. For more information please contact: Mr. Jepbar Byashimov
UNICEF Education Officer
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Ms. Gulyalek Soltanova
UNICEF Communication Officer
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Fax: +99312 420830
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Web: http://www.unicef.org/turkmenistan |
